December 5th, 2008

Today in History

1955:
The trade unions American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations decide to merge and form the AFL-CIO.

1934:
Italian troops attack Wal Wal in Ethiopia (it took four days to capture the city).

1926:
Sergei Eisenstein's "Battleship Potemkin," debuts

1831:
Former US President John Quincy Adams takes a seat in the United States House of Representatives.

1492:
Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola (now Haiti and the Dominican Republic).